New Delhi: Pakistan today (Nov 12) virtually asked New Delhi to give up its demand for the 20 most wanted criminals and gave it a twist by saying Islamabad could also rake up the years-old Karachi first information report (FIR), in which India's senior politicians had been named.

"If you talk of lists, then we will also have to go into old lists, where in an FIR at Karachi, second and third political leadership of India has been named," Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told reporters.

To a specific question whether he was hinting at Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Rashid said, "Akalmand ko ishara kafi hai (A hint is enough for a wise man)."

Advani recently had said the "touchstone" of Pakistan's sincerity to improve its relations with India would be its attitude towards the list of 20 fugitives given to it by New Delhi.

The Pakistani Minister also dismissed the Indian charge of supporting cross border terrorism and said, "You have nine lakh troops present at the border, equipped with latest technology from the US and Israel, then how can Islamabad be accused of infiltration?"

PTI